A new poll from FoxNews finds Donald Trump edging Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, by 3 points, or 45 percent to 42 percent.Trumpís advantage over Clinton is right at the pollís 3 point margin of error.

This latest Fox poll is a significant improvement for Trump. The networkís last poll of the general election, taken in mid-April, showed Clinton leading the presumptive GOP nominee by 7 points. In June 2015, at the start of the primary campaign season, Clinton led Trump by 17 points.

The change in the race can be attributed to two complementary forces; Clinton has become more unlikeable in the eyes of voters, while Trumpís favorable ratings have improved, especially among Republicans. Among all voters, though, Trumpís numbers have swung 19 points more positive. Clintonís numbers, meanwhile, have swung 5 points more negative.

Hillary Clinton, in fact, has a higher unfavorable rating than Trump, or any other political figure. Among all voters, 61 percent have a negative opinion of Clinton. Trumpís unfavorable numbers are also very high, with 56 percent of voters having a negative view of the real estate developer. His number are better than Clintonís, however.

While just 41 percent of voters have a positive impression of Trump, only 37 percent have a positive view of Clinton. The media regularly points out that Trump is unpopular with general election voters. An important caveat, however, is that Clinton is even less popular.

Trump favorable/unfavorable rating is similar to votersí impressions of the Republican party overall. Votersí views of Clinton, however, are decidely more negative than opinions of the Democrat party. Comparing favorable and unfavorable opinions, the net-rating for the Democrat party is -2. Clintonís net rating, however, is -24.

Considering different qualities in the candidates, voters generally have negative views of both Clinton and Trump. There are two traits, however, where Trump has a very clear advantage.

He has a 22 point edge over Clinton on who voters would describe as a ďstrong leader.Ē Perhaps just as important, voters view Clinton more ďcorruptĒ than Trump by a 12-point margin, 49-37.

Clinton has a 14-point edge among women. Trump, however, has a 22-point edge among men. Trump is underwater, the difference between favorable and unfavorable views, with women by 30 points. That is almost the same as his rating last fall among all women. Among Republican women, however, Trumpís rating has improved considerable. His net rating among Republican women last fall was just +3. Today, his net-rating with GOP women is +34.

Even though Clinton leads Trump among women, her net-rating is -7. Her advantage with women over Trump is only slightly higher than the 11-point margin among women voters between Obama and Romney in the 2012 elections. Despite her potentially historic election and the fact that Trumpís favorable rating among female voters is horrendous, Clinton only does marginally better among women than Obama fared against Romney.

Trumpís 22-point edge among male voters, though, is three times larger than the advantage Romney enjoyed over Obama among men. This is due, no doubt, to Clintonís horrible -44 rating among male voters. Only 27 percent of men have a favorable opinion of Clinton. An statistically amazing 71 percent have a negative view of Clinton.

It is true that voters donít like either Trump or Clinton very much. The problem for Hillary Clinton, though, is that voters like her even less than Trump.

240 believes that Trump will "likely bow out" or accidentally admit in a debate that his Hilary might be a better choice

I'm sure Trump being equal or even higher than Hillary in some national polls is also a part of Bill Clintons plan

Only 240 is sharp enough to realize that Bill Clinton is controlling this entire process

Yes, I do believe Trump will find a way to give it to hilary. He won't be obvious about it, as most plants try not to be.

But in the end, she'll have the white house, they'll still be buddies, and dems will win. They cannot lose... there are 2 of them running against each other Anyone that pretends trump is a repub/conservative are just lying to themselves.

Yes, I do believe Trump will find a way to give it to hilary. He won't be obvious about it, as most plants try not to be.

But in the end, she'll have the white house, they'll still be buddies, and dems will win. They cannot lose... there are 2 of them running against each other Anyone that pretends trump is a repub/conservative are just lying to themselves.

how are they "buddies" when they both repudiated each other and called each all kinds of names

You seem to think this is professional wrestling where Bill Clinton writes the script with Trump as The Heel and Hillary as The Face and they all go out after the match and drink beer and do coke together

He can't bow out today. he'd have to do it closer to the election so GOP doesn't have time to rebuild

more likely, he'll enjoy a lead in polls, then do whatever he has to do to tank it. He's too lazy to be prez. His life is already more fun than that of the prez. Trump won't be able to accept world leaders telling him no.

He can't bow out today. he'd have to do it closer to the election so GOP doesn't have time to rebuild

more likely, he'll enjoy a lead in polls, then do whatever he has to do to tank it. He's too lazy to be prez. His life is already more fun than that of the prez. Trump won't be able to accept world leaders telling him no.

Shame on GOP voters for trusting trump with this nomination.

This uber-prideful alpha multi-billionaire is going to "tank" the election in order to hand it right over to a slimy, gutter 2 bit trash terrible politician such as Hillary?

Yes, I do believe Trump will find a way to give it to hilary. He won't be obvious about it, as most plants try not to be.

But in the end, she'll have the white house, they'll still be buddies, and dems will win. They cannot lose... there are 2 of them running against each other Anyone that pretends trump is a repub/conservative are just lying to themselves.

how are they "buddies" when they both repudiated each other and called each all kinds of names

You seem to think this is professional wrestling where Bill Clinton writes the script with Trump as The Heel and Hillary as The Face and they all go out after the match and drink beer and do coke together